Fernand Pouillon et l’Algérie – Bâtir à hauteur d’hommes

Fernand Pouillon et l’Algérie – Bâtir à hauteur d’hommesThis book presents photographs by Daphne Bengoa and Leo Fabrizio, the result of a joint project on the Algerian work of French architect Fernand Pouillon (19121986). In Algeria, this prolific builder was the lead architect of several housing estates (Climat de France, Diar el Mahoul, etc.), tourist complexes (such as Sidi Fredj), and student accommodation (notably the Bab Ezzouar university campus). The two photographers made eight trips to Algeria to

The second part of the book includes an introductory text written by industrial designer Sina Sohrab and a joint interview with three professionals who are knowledgeable about this subject and experts on this object: Olivier Sirost

but can be spliced together to form a new multi-threaded mosaic film

the Skylab space station

by Japanese photographer Toshio Shibata

and the social permission to linger

which is arranged as a kind of family album: intimate

Silkscreened Swiss-bound softcover with stickers

It brings together existing works and previously unseen creations that explore contemporary themes

They challenge our everyday assumptions and show us that the boundaries we put between things are more permeable than we might like to think

follows a stream-of-consciousness structure

The results are three series that are both distinct and inseparably intertwined: Holes

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